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25 And, as they stretched him out for the thongs, Paul said to the centurion standing by, "Is it lawful for you to scourge a man, who is a Roman, and uncondemned?" 26 And the centurion, hearing it , going to the chief captain, reported it , saying, "What are you about to do? For this man is a Roman!" 27 And the chief captain, going forward, said to him, "Tell me, are you a Roman?" And he said, "Yes." 28 And the chief captain answered, "I, for a great sum, acquired this citizenship." And Paul said, "But I have been born a citizen ." 29 Straightway, therefore, those who were about to examine him departed from him; and the chief captain also was struck with fear, having ascertained that he was a Roman, and because he had bound him. Acts 22:25-29, Worrell New Testament. Public domain.
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